Mother winter leaves our land And opens wide the seas The lukewarm breeze does beckon me As it whispers through the trees
It says: Set your sails And let me take your ship to foreign shores Take farewell of those near you And your land of the North!
The wild cold deep black ocean's waves Invites my hungry heart Cry not my love I'll return Only death can keep us apart
Oden in the sky up high Let the Ravens of yours fly To guide us on our sail to foreign shores Let your Ravens fly
The wind blows through my hair And fills our sails with hope and pride Caress these lines of Oak, wind Do not throw us all aside
The wild cold deep black ocean's waves As wide as sky above Carry us, oh, Gods of sea Don't take us down below
Now approach the shore at dawn All is still the light of daybreak is yet to be born Clad in morning dew asleep The city's walls rise before us men from the seas
Carrying cold steel at our sides No time to lose at sunbirth we attack the city by surprise Down the coastlines with the wind we reign Men of the North we leave the shores in flames
Shores in Flames Shores in Flames Shores in Flames Shores in Flames
Fire!
Tor of thunder way up high Swing your Hammer that cracks the sky Send the wind to fill our sails and take us home Guide your sons, us, home
When the wind cries out my name And time has come for me to die Then wrap me in my cape And lay my sword down at my side
Then place me on a ship of Oak And let it drift with tide Let the flames purify my soul On its way to hall up high
Up high Up high Up high Up high
Fire!
2. Valhalla
God of Thunder Who crack the sky Swing your Hammer Way up high
In chariot of gold Ride across the clouds The black storm is unfold Burning mist is but a shroud
Seeds and honey Milk and blood A Sacrifice To Thunder God
Laid in ship of Oak On final sail to fate Steel is at side Drifting to the open Gates of
Valhalla Shields of gold Valhalla Great warriors hall
I swing my sword in the wind I feel the powers all within
Valhalla Valhalla
God of Thunder Lightning rain The Winds of Glory Whispers your name
Pounding pounding Of hooves and wheels Forks of lightning At your heels
Sword of steel Held up high Lightning strikes From blackened skies
Fallen heroes In Battle slain Awaits my arrival At the gates of
Valhalla Shields of gold Valhalla Great warriors hall
I raise my fist to the Air In the creed of powers and glory swear
[Repeat chorus]
(I swing my sword in the wind I feel the powers all within)
[Repeat chorus]
(I raise my fist to the Air In the creed of powers and glory swear)
(Valhalla...)
3. Baptised In Fire And Ice
(Fire and Ice Fire and Ice Fire and Ice Fire and Ice)
Born a Son of Nordic tribe Early spring morning I arrived When Sails were set, the Ships all done To Sail with Wind a Waves for long Down foreign shores across great waters Many hundred miles from home This half year deep frozen land Where I on this morning was born
Proudly my Father took me in His arms and walked outside Where for the first time, Light struck me newborn child And even though told when older I can almost recall the scene When he held me high up towards The most beautiful sky ever seen
Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice
Oh with gentle hands he did sway me Over the flames to strengthen and purify Oh, with loving words did he dab me With spring's last snow for cleansing me his child
I grew and learned respectfully The Earth, Wind, Water and the sky The powers that decided the weather And rules both the dark and light I heard the voices of the spirits Of the forest call my name I saw the Hammer way up high Cause lightning in the rain
Watching crystal flakes Of falling snow on winter nights Uniting with the pure white flames dance, When reaching for the sky Brings me back to the morning this world First heard my battle cry Gently swayed above the flames And cleansed with snow and ice
Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice
Oh, having it with me From the first day of my life Oh, always carrying them within me The powers of Fire and Ice
Now I pass unto thee My son what was given to me
Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice Baptised in Fire and Ice
Oh, having it with me From the first day of my life Oh, always carrying them within me The powers of Fire and Ice
4. Father To Son
(Father to Son Father to Son Father to Son From Father to Son)
Now born my son I name thee After the sound of my Hammer's Beat upon the anvil On this chilly springtime day
The Hammerchild of my flesh Of my blood to carry on When I have reached Oden's end Of my glorious warrior's trail
(From Father to Son From Father to Son)
Call upon the spirits of our fathers Long time gone with thunder Ask them for truth and courage When trouble is in your way
Learn to read and understand The signs to few can clearly vision Listen carefully to what The Ravens has to say
Oh, hear the Thunder's roar Greetings from our fathers long time gone Tell so that no one ever will forget What is in heart goes from Father to Son
(From Father to Son From Father to Son)
Oh, watch the lightning strike Feel the powers of the Hammer's pounding on Take it to your heart and understand What must live on from Father to Son
(From Father to Son From Father to...)
Promise me my son to always Cherish what is home to you What is the truth and to Defend all of your race
Never lose the values I have taught to you Always keep your moral and ideals Do never bring your flag disgrace
(From Father to Son From Father to Son)
Promise me my son before my corps Is turning pale to Grab my sword hold it to the sky And call out my hail
Listen for the bronze horns Watch the lightning strike then You know I have reached Oden's end Of my warrior's trail
Oh, my child please take heed Through you I am granted to live on These words more worth than you will ever know Make them live on from Father to Son
(From Father to Son From Father to Son From Father to Son From Father to Son)
[Dedicated to the Children of the North Star]
5. Song To Hall Up High
I know you watch over me Father of all the past And all that will ever be You are the first and the last
The watcher of all that lives The guardian of all that died
The one-eyed God way up high Who rules my world and the sky
Northern wind take my song up high To the Hall of glory in the sky So its gates shall greet me open wide When my time has come to die
6. Home Of Once Brave
Out of the water The cold black Nordic sea Risen towards the eternal sky The land lays open and free
Up high the Mountains Where the wind catch its speed and chill Snowstorms are born And rage loud through the valleys and the hills
Above two Ravens Messengers of the wise One eyed God Who rules this land Of the strong and the great
And tall Beautiful Behold this thy land Open and free This thy home of the brave
Dark endless forest Where at the day hides the shadows of the night Snowcovered vast lands As great as the eternal sky
Now in the midst Of this wild and this open and free He placed my kind To possess this their land to be
Above two Ravens Messengers of the wise one eyed God Who ruled this land Of once strong and once great
But now Forgetting to behold this their land Once ours (once) free This my home of once brave
7. One Rode To Asa Bay
One man rode the way through the woods Down to Asa bay Where dragon ships had sailed to sea More times than one could say To see with own eyes the wonder People told of from man to man The God of all almightyness Had arrived from a foreign land
The rumours told of a man Who had come from the other side the seas Carrying gold cross around neck in chain And spoke in strange tongue of peace He had come with strange men in armour Dressed in purple shirts and lace Smelling not of beer but flowers And with no hair in face
And the bold man carrying cross Had told all one of Asa bay The God of all man woman child had come To them all save And to thank Lord of Heaven One should build to God a house And to save one's soul from Hell One should be baptised and say vows
A man of pride with the Hammer told new God To build his house on own And spoke loud of the Gods of their fathers Not too long time gone The rumours said the man with a beard like fire And the Hammer in chain By men in armour silenced was and by Their swords was slain
Those who did not pay the one coin Of four to man of new God Whipped was twenty and put in chains then locked By their neck to the log (To the log...) And so all of Asa bay did build A house of the cross Every hour of daylight they did sweat Limbs ached because faith does cost
And on the day two hundred There it stood white to the sky The house of the God of the cross Big enough to take two dragon ships inside And all of Asa bay did watch The wonder raise to the sky Now must the God of the cross be pleased And satisfied
Just outside the circle of the crowd One old man did stand He looked across the waters And blotted the sun out of his eyes with one hand And his old eyes could almost see The dragon ships set sail And his old ears could almost hear Men of great numbers call out Oden's hail
And though he did know already Though he turned face towards sky And whispered silent words forgotten Spoken only way up high Now this house of a foreign God does stand Now must they leave us alone Still he heard from somewhere in the woods Old crow of wisdom say ...people of Asa land, it's only just begun...
